Ocroser 11, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
185 
Salut age an 190 
"T sd otato and me 
&... I8 themum Show at 
the Empire 187 irmingham 190 
i Potato Majes 98 
pier s, storing 191 
. 192 , Wart disease 
n Pet = 190 
P 95 | Pyrus Sargentii 1 
ers: Rosary, the 
Zoual Pelargoniums 188 Rose Mar tha Dre 187 
E 194 | Roses at Bagatelle phen 1) 
er 193 Royal nsn md 7092 
191 | Soc 
ДЫН онат 194 
185 Four Northern 
Counties 194 
191 | St berries, late 191 
Trade notes 19 
Trees and Shrubs: 
penis ie. indica 186 
195 | Vegetable: 
n "yg Potato ‘Gre at Scot ... 192 
Week’s ORES the 188, 189 
E сав. M RETE 185 | Wheat, remarkable 
'eaches, a good crop of 193 ета aE 
EUS TRATIONS: 
. Florence 186 
; MORIENS UTI 
ck, Mr. W: Ша, ortrait of | 193 
Potatos’ affected with wart ише NE ТӨВ 
y No о me making of a 194, 195 
ve OE 
E weather of September was 
p to the work of harvesting 
uit, the rainfall hang moderate 
after {һе 
e low rst wee 
SiS seven days at my station, 
ing 1.52 inch, of which mor 
ne in was recorded on the 22n 
and following day.- A rather sharp frost 
ed o e night illi 
arrow plants and sli i 
uring Runner Beans and Tomatos out of 
Eo: Weeds have grown apace gt 
3 as so often happens at this 
it has been impossible to 
ur for hoeing, the more pressing work o 
cking fruit d lifting 
ng all hands. has 
n dry enough for hoeing to be ffec- 
ed to get this w ne 
Аре S ABUNDAN 
Mid-season ы 7 Е swelled nicely 
st rains, 
arles Po 
ippi 
e only CURE that received this 
ATAA RAE ;апа I Еа нА 
т hed been almo: 
NAE it 5 - Dbvious that twice hs 
t could have been sacrificed with + hd- 
tage. No doubt the heavy crop will be 
w wanted this € Dat the result is more than 
likely to be ry short yield next season 
i us th H the habit of 
alternate years is initiated. f addition to 
ties mentioned, there are bounti- 
ful crops of Lane’s Prince Albert, Bramley’s 
pains and Royal Jubilee yet to b 
gather 
pat ON COOKING APPLE 
Intending ` planters көн һе soli advised 
5 devote little spac on <ing 
ing prices. long as 
be had there A little demand for 
Apples. A leading London salesman's r 
for the week preceding the railway strik 
states: '' It has been possible to purchase, 
many occasions, good large cooking 
varieties at 1 55. per bushel.’’ 
as оп e unfortunates who 
ome at the е: enty-six bushels of 
fine Lord Derbys realised 46 10s. a gro 
From this must be deducted £1 6s. for com- 
ио s. . for *market dues, etc.," 
whatever they may be, and jd 11d. for rail- 
dis g , leaving a s return 
of £4 8s. 7d.— 
bushel, or just about a 
nt to 
p s 
tive might be to 
indeed with the object o 
large fruit, for such is generally in fair 
demand. 
ETS 
HOP ann te which takes the 
of my fruit, two open Сезгин 
рее started, I have not 
e make the slightest differ- 
м qe have kept ve with 
those received from other The 
m all, 
fruit is sold in the latter are not remarkably 
low Wr ati? d the poor quality of the pro- 
duce they off 
No cud BLIGHT. _ 
re has been something about this sea- 
on which has proved unfavourable to 
aphides of all kinds, American blight not 
xcepted. I quite thought that I ha 
almost cleared a plantation of this pest by 
raying with caustic soda last winte 
Now I S ап vehi that the denying 
ad much 
blight has coca ы from ай эч у з 
that were not sprayed. is is particu- 
larly noticeable in the case of some trees of 
Lord De Dr variety. Some years ago 
У by blossom-wilt 
а d: 
e о 
g Last this had 
way bad, and I shout ave же 
in ek if шна һа тип 
į ment at all p Mie 
work of so enemy or w 
due to atmospheric ‘conditions unfavourable 
Prof. Theobald mentions 
озуп to 
¿this а 115, but remarks that, with 
hd ak 4 ion apii birds, Ber checks are of 
i ance. Market Grower. 
“ORCHID NOTES 5 AND GLEANINGS. 
rre ^ LEAF-MOULD. 
MR. J. ELwes asks for information (p. ac, 
of Disa NN eun as illustrated and 
published some year A 
A us go of ие 
variety, with D. g. acia. ued as 
coloured plate in The & дайы ч February, 1 18, 
1882, from specimen sm а ward 
The plan D grew with 
d as fasi e n 
Sion so much so Fw cf amis 
peine the small. “tubers were 
re crow 
peat, реа т ап 
мэтад агі ‘the ба 
е. реа 
се about 
these Disas betwee 
с CONFESSIONS 5 OF A NOVICE. 
I atways feel а 
en from the геа 
е of the garden 
It 
garden, the chats Анет 
1 gorgeous purple, th 
conten so far defied LAB) frost, the 
ingering Phloxes of soft hue and the Michaelmas 
Daisies ич have the gift of 
radiance in the light eve "Y 
the dies ич м w blooming I cannot but signal out 
тз 
or S 
num „сы жшке, Something js vanity there 
is in this honourable eon. or after some 
years of failure—ow: to shee Er lishness on 
my та has i n ieved amazing 
suc A glance at the leaves of this climber 
suffices show t ib requires a reasonably 
moist place. It to w it in dry soil, and 
it merely lingered in exi pim Now that it 
has been tra: cee to a part the garden 
which drie less sipiliy it has mad 
IV 
enormous posi о. not vu its support, 
but leaping across spaci “to other neighbouring 
poles. Ву E ar we ei as: it an 
н the graceful 
form. The hard ы shiek it i eu is the relic 
of a ‘tree which was 
topped, and on which were 
left. the lower later 
It has е тун ese a з шеш 1 
decoration, and І р 
supports д 
Of. thes which bear: 
"rame of (irem japonica prompts me to 
t is its botani name. My 1 
au 
as havi 
Fire L. japphics. i is descri 
wers, white My specimens T. in 
within. 
